Often overlooked, these relatively arid regions of earth take second or third place to forests or grasslands when it comes to beauty contests. Too dry for trees to flourish, we’re left with a mix of shrubs and grasses, spanning the subtropics to the temperate latitudes. Having a surprising biodiversity considering their parched appearance, these areas […]
Tropical Evergreen and Seasonal Forests – Biomes Episode 1
It is fitting that we begin our journey across the biomes of Earth with the one that we perhaps hold the most dear in our hearts. The greatest biodiversity of any area of earth with over half of all plant and animal species. The lungs of the world – absorbing more CO2 and producing more […]
Investigating the Trees of Amazonia
– Tree #83. I don’t know… – Other… – This one? – The other. – Cut. [laughs] – So try to smell. – Oh, it smells spicy! – Yeah. – Yeah. – Yeah, so the nutmeg family, mace. – It smells really good. – Yeah, no, this is a good one. And it’s also in […]
Cool Wildlife in Thailand (Koh Chang)
Back in October, Mr. German Man and I visited Koh Chang, a Thai island in the Gulf of Thailand. This island with just two main roads is home to several ecosystems, including mangrove forests, a rain forest in the middle, and of course the shore. There’s said to be 61 different kinds of birds on […]
How wildlife films warp time
In the Jungles episode of the BBC’s Planet Earth II, there’s a stunning scene of hummingbirds in Ecuador, flying in slow motion. And when it aired in the UK, some viewers wondered if the BBC actually created the footage with computer graphics. And you can’t blame them. With our own eyes, we’ll never see hummingbirds […]
Prudential’s “The Forest Man of India” TV Advert
This is the place where the river eats the land. It can devour homes, wash away livelihoods. This is why he plants. Some say “what can one man do, against the mighty river.”? Well …. if he plants every day for 38 years, he can do quite a lot.
Why Poor Places Are More Diverse
A soccer-field sized patch of forest in frigid Alaska has about 40 different species of plants, compared with about 70 in temperate England and 300 in the Amazonian rain forest. These biodiversity differences hold true for entire countries, too: England has 1500 plant species, while tropical Guyana. The super-diversity of tropical rainforests is only equalled […]
Our Amazing Grasslands ~ Schmidt Family
I’m the fourth generation my great grandfather Charles Schmidt came here from Hampton Iowa in 1910 they probably came as farmers and recognized almost immediately that it was better the cow than the plow you know it was probably not conducive to farming like they had been used to I think my family adapted pretty […]
Enric Sala: Glimpses of a pristine ocean
I’m going to tell you two things today: One is what we have lost, and two, a way to bring it back. And let me start with this. This is my baseline: This is the Mediterranean coast with no fish, bare rock and lots of sea urchins that like to eat the algae. Something like […]
Never Before Seen Footage! Backyard Food Forest Years 1,2 & 3 | How it all Began!
Hey there, how’s it going everybody? Dan here with plantabundance.com. Today I want to share with everybody some of the earlier beginnings prior to the start of the You Tube channel. This picture here was shot back in 2010 just prior to our move to the new location that you are all familiar with. Back […]